Heidi Ellison
Paris Update Events 21.04.2025
April 24 French movies with English subtitles Lost in Frenchlation presents Mercato, directed by Tristan Séguéla. L’Arlequin, Paris April 24-26 Climate change summit 2Entrepreneurs, activists and policy-makers working for the future of the planet come together for Change Now. Grand Palais, … Read More
Paris Update Events 07.04.2025
April 10 Street food The spicy version of the street-food pop-up, Le Food Market: free entry and food stands a-go-g0.. Boulevard de Belleville, Paris April 11 Mass dictation Test your knowledge of written French at the Grande Dictée. Open to … Read More
Paris Update Events 31.03.2025
April 4 French movies with English subtitles Lost in Frenchlation presents Magma, directed by Cyprien Vial. L’Entrepôt, Paris Through April 6 Italy in Paris The Festival Italissimo celebrates Italian culture with interviews with authors, films, exhibitions, writing and translation workshops, and … Read More
À Vous de Jouer
Play It Again, Jane/John Doe
What could be more soothing than to hear Debussy’s “Clair de Lune” being played live amid the bustle and stress of a train station or airport? Once, I even came upon a highly professional troupe of musicians and singers performing … Read More
Paris Update Events 24.03.2025
March 28 French movies with English subtitles Lost in Frenchlation presents God Save the Tuche, directed by Jean-Paul Rouve. Club de L’Etoile, Pari March 29 Shopping for a good cause Toutocoto is an annual flea market with 600 vendors whose profits … Read More
Paris Update Events 17.03.2025
March 18 French movies with English subtitles Lost in Frenchlation presents Baisers Volés (Stolen Kisses), directed by François Truffaut. Filmothèque, Paris March 20 French movies with English subtitles Lost in Frenchlation presents Jane Austen a Gâché Ma Vie (Jane Austen Wrecked My … Read More
Musée de l’Air et de l’Espace
Up, Up and Away (Maybe)
I have a sad announcement to make: I now know that there is no hope for me ever becoming an airline pilot, despite expert training at the Museum of Air and Space in Le Bourget Airport, just outside of Paris, … Read More
Paris Update Events 10.03.2025
March 13 French movies with English subtitles Lost in Frenchlation presents Jouer avec le Feu (The Quiet Son), directed by Delphine Coulin, Muriel Coulin. Cinéma du Panthéon, Paris March 16 French movies with English subtitles Lost in Frenchlation presents L’amour Ouf’ (Beating … Read More
Trois B Restaurant
Vegetarian Manqué
The food at the bistro Trois B was wonderful, but, unusually, a major part of our enjoyment of a meal there could be credited to the co-owner and only server that evening, Victor Allenou, a friendly, easy-going Breton who switched … Read More
Réespiration
Breathing in Unison
Sometimes the most interesting exhibitions are held in the strangest places. A couple of weeks ago, I received an intriguing invitation to see a new “immersive” work of art in, of all places, the pulmonology department of the Pitié-Salpêtrière Hospital. I … Read More